The-Leader_1980-06-26

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FRiirORT
iAlOWIN
KOOSSVILT
MERRSCK
Waterfront LEADER
THE
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FREEPORT'S
oFficini
NEWSPAPER
4SthYEAK.No.9 : FREEPORT. NEW YORK, JUNE 26.1980 PRICE 2 0 ' PERCOPT
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rs Speak Out On Supt
^ ^ o . Crowd InpMf Hf .rinj
Boots, Trailers Hef0 B^ Scfiool Bpara
SOMEONEO) SPECIAL FROM^ FRGEPORT. Oorotfix^ Macljani>«i
Pr!S?J^-*^J^'"??^ ^ ipwfeatlflh rwantly by t^aypr'y^mm
twOj TrMport ^raaid^ta
FREEFOBT • A proposal to
alter the village ordinances regu­lating
storage of boats and other
recreational yehides was em­phatically
turned down at the Vil-iage
Board o( 'Austees Monday
eveidng,Jane23.
The board voted nnanlmoosly,
as Mayor William H. White
described it, .to "forget the
whole thfaig.'% -
- The diange fat' the pr^seati
;^vilbige txdi^^ices, wUeh are
'^par^tly mrieat^^ 'leaitlcUve
: FREEPORT - Some 70-80;: "unaffiliated residents!' answered the^
FreeportSdiod B^Mrd's call.to give input bitojts search.for a Super-'
.intendent of'Sdiools toreplace the soon-tchretire Donald Costiow.'
The meeting, held June 19, at the Atkiiaoii Sdiod,'was one of several
"types" of meetings ainrangM by Dr. William T. Callahan, Nassau
County district superintendent
ctsdmois, who has been retained
by the Board-of Edueation t^'
assist in i£s search for a replace­ment
for Costlo«^ who has beealn
jdie Pceepdrt School District'for
mnethaB 30 years." ^'*
'•jf^ahan, who ia'^setybg-with-fiof
,.&uaicial ^pogpetAfnott '-la
ai^ooiii^OTMllonrljMMng cMi Qll Oinrid (^1
pn>0ram dlraetor at WGBB which mad* ilM time akrt cvaJlabla to the
vtltoO*. ' . " ^ •
Storm, as an ii^dividaal; and Ftee-portPTACoiindl.
Local, groups,- or individnals,
j ^ #ish to spea with Callahan
"^ ' jRaage an appdntment by
"Ids oiBoea at 997-8700. or
t6 Dr. ¥nmam T.'CaB-
^ W9CKSS. Salia-uV
«l^mae*« • Road
boiy, Neiv^Yd(lt'41590t
F" Cbntrovorsy Ovor FutoroT
HDf Wie^d#h'Continuoi
_ 'luonn
d some'-^ people'
evening.'*-' ' • -^ _ , '
At Oat^'time. the.board re-serveddedidon
on the ontinstwr. „
_Asc»dI|ig-to.JWldt»!a^intetpre-'—S%~Waa
^•tracveiiJ^jB»nc^,.»pyiiBtiyiiti :;gBddi j^Callajianji^and^ School
ntEEPQgr^ An nnsiyied drcnlaria Ixjag di«trU»nted aioend Free-port's
wataiiuiit areas, Podi le^deaoal and comrtPtrial, diaygfag that
'Umtride lutetcsis idated directly toibi FtaUoo Fish Martatt in New
Totk ate viewing tUa area (tberNautical ftfile) with fanngiy eyes."
< 'iWflyer.wfcidiwai'ghenont'door^o-doar several di^s fbltow^g a
pitUSe'lneeiiiig to ifisaus a ftd>
ettf'stwfy^'far.impcovemeids in
Janes, blet, Long Creek', Fre^poct
BiveC aBdrpQcdUy .Wooddelt
Gunl,' in^led attendance i t Moo-
'dqr-olgfat. June 23rd'a VQlage
Boatdmeeting^9plaf. -'-"''
.Apprmdmatdy one dozes res-ideds
came to the mec^ag '—
at'least tibey "appdired down­stairs.
Several « - those who
showed up befitn the
—TcSO uui opeiTIepslatllve season
tnrnnished were informed by a
vOIage spokesperson that there
was no public meeting or public
betting of the board jCbat eve­ning.
PubBe meetings are hdd
die first and third Mondays of
eadi month and the next one
would be July; 7,--Baid Jean
Peters of the vQlage.
The short,le^slative session
* was«ompIete bdbre all the rea-kloits
i^peared. At aibout 8 pm»
- tii^ one bnsfhessman to come
. entered Village Hall. Jerry
Bncco, cf Cutain.'Ben's~Hsh
tNhber ffciyeet,r wthaasta ^lsepm ninefoioorsmlye ilu r.gtei^d l
attendance on a night on which «d
pobOc meetiag^of fht boardTwis ^^bilitieslo'nnr vniage.we say let
sdiedoled. Bracco left qnScily ' ;aD the Cod6s be odbrced prqp-wndd
bring aboibtnit>re/>f tbe'an-atirartlve-^
conditions. Several
aa&ted-ta Captain Ben'a Bsh-^
Kivket, the "new" -Freeport
RiKoa-pish. Madxt, and tiie
recendy opened Natitica] Mall,
both-aim ownedand operated by
Bracco, as major contributors to
unsighdy condHions.
THE I^ADEE was informed,
presa lluierThat some'
lifile'bu^ess interests
viewed the flyer's o r i ^ with
"snspfcion." WUIe several were
wiOing^ to'speak to this news-pi4>
er, a call to one of Wood-deft'a
btfgest fish retail and
«4iOlesale' 'dealers, Braoro,,
went unretnmed.
Ibe fiyer, widch was a-pboto-^
co{ded typewritten ^ece, was de-fimed
door-to-door," some res­idents
say, hy a "young boy."
One of the pdnts it attempts to
make b that "it has been said
diatthe edsting Fish Marketa on
die'.Canal: are :iiot ss'ncat and
'.d^an«nelling as they should be.
-T^ nuty be sio; If they indeed are
nbt-&^ -up to thtir, te^>6nd-tatioB
of dw present ordinanoe,
aldioo^ it is unenforced unless
tliere is 'a specific''cort^laint,
it would amear that most of the
storage of boats and recreational
vdddea OD residential property
isiOegal.'
However, the owners of boats
—a^goodtynnmbaintUs-iiMer-
'front community — and,recrea­tional
'veUdes, sudi as trailers,
complahied jhat the proposed,
new ordinance' .woulda discrim-;;
inate agaimtt'tiiem and would,'
in fact, be nnconstiiutfimal.
'-WUte -called the "board's
nmodmous "no" vote Monday
nighty "respon^eness" to the
-public.—r—
^:;Baatd!pieria(^.5axalIlQljy »
Annottg ttte "gronpa'and r ^ - pii^Hedj^eaaare.attiieresi^of
(er.«ntattves of groups witi) wbcan the^TtrntsAondgbt pnldic meet-
Cilishan'has met or has scbed- faig.^TbR)aglkliis lepwsegbj^ve,
ntedmgt|DgsjHe.iIl.thr8bargain—-StarydssttaifCiilliBig^iris said
&trict — thwei fTidena chtehres* .Asdskiooco-l .. -o%o;o cheamve a nfdd tin'ttberee stc oCoaasnfiinn istayi'ds
jaapo, CSEA,.Cafeteria Workers, i Ztoaof of those who spoke'ap-
Administrators and Pasaprofesr'vpeared to want k type of "super-sioiiala
groups; tfie^-iocoBdng -sopedbatendent, sort of a younger
preridentof-die student body ati'Dm^Cosfiow/' indicafing-their
also fdt the public ^as
for a "super-human
Sdioql studentgovenunenti tijcty
Onmbs, of the Freeport Family "^' adSng
OMunaiiLlty Center; the vQlage'* bdag." . >^
StabWration Task Force, and^ Its '- Among die pc^ts brought up,
.Aeetor-MidiaelrKlrf^^^wlio^, aaditwsastressedattbenkefiitg
abo'serv^i'as tlw village'^ Com;, -find ftgahan wantedTeddents l>>
nisdoner of Huxnan RelatidiB;' repeat-nifa(ls beird beforetitbem
- file JRceeport Chamb^ of jCom-^ - "" v f''-'J'' -
merce; vnUge trustee DonOiy ^^^^t, on Page 11)
witiioat comment.
The reddents'who were prea-
_«tMdIHEXEADER AM they
jNcrrct^Dcernedibout sdme of the
practices now on Woodcleft
Avenue and feared that an. « •
pand6n'df lilrge' fish markee
taij2 We also recominend that aiv
hinnedlate freeze,be'pntinto the-tSumhtt.
ofT«d»dng-'Fisfa'-Mar-kets
so as hot' to upset'the Nant-*
ical Retail atmosphere, we now
WhDe denying pennisdon to
a'private doder to pondnct an
outdoor antique sale on ah empty
lot on-Gv9'.Lombardo Avenue,
north of MenidE'Rbad. fiie board
approved the Freepm. Chamber
- cl Commerce's use of the Fteie-port
Mdl on July Hot its planned
cddirafioD. . ,- ' ^
. NewlealEstate..
•>.-:;.';..OfBeeNlxid-:.?/.:- '^-p
The Jwind detded^ i^peal.by'
a Bodsevelt^real estab-brofca^
Al^mira Co^hgtcm. who wishia'
-to (^pen ah -<rfBce 'on -Babyldn
Turajake" fa.vpteebort. .Whiter
'-eiplained that, fa response to a'
reqnest from the yimige's Stdnli-:
-zatibatask Fbrce; tbenJNew York
State Secretary' of State Maiio
Cnimio.had's^mlated that no
'' new real estate ofiBces be permit
tedtQ:opchiiUhi:viIlage^^Wwot—i«^^ Maybr WHIIain H. White
' ^ eeixpSies^s'S S r W h i t e sdd t'^^t^y^J^£\^"]^^'i'^.^^f'">^ion to Dorothy Ctiuzl.
that even if the board did not ob^
ject to the.'appIicadon.'he £d not
V '.'r.tCohiotfPaBB'tt) '" »r
who son/ea-aa-a part-tlma scttool cro^ng guard for 23 years. White
P«l»<* h^dedlcatjon to tti^ehHrfr«»of the village and noted that her
work.raloaaed a pblteaotflpar from that function, and saved the tax­payers
money.'^ «•• v - ^ < ' ' : • - - . ' . . • « • • » - .